Pungency of hot pepper has limited its usage even though it shows various health beneficial effects. This study was conducted to develop the novel yoghurt containing hot pepper with diminishing pungency and aimed to examine the quality characteristics of yoghurt prepared with fermented red pepper. Hot pepper was first fermented with Bacillus licheniformis SK1230 to reduce the pungency of capsai...

Diabetic rats in long-term display an augmented nociceptive response to chemical, mechanical, and thermal stimuli. Furthermore, hyperalgesia is one of the major symptoms of diabetic neuropathy in some patients. Considering the antidiabetic potential of pepper, this study was conducted to evaluate the possible analgesic effect of pepper-mixed food intake in male streptozotocin-induced diabetic r...

Consumption of spiced foods or herbal drinks leads to greater thermogenesis and in some cases to greater satiety. In this regard, capsaicin, black pepper, ginger, mixed spices, green tea, black tea and caffeine are relevant examples. These functional ingredients have the potential to produce significant effects on metabolic targets such as satiety, thermogenesis, and fat oxidation. A significan...

Mid rift valley of east Shewa, Ethiopia is among the potential commercial irrigated intensive vegetable production areas [1] supplying a variety of vegetables to every corners of the country. Onion, tomato, maize, kale, hot pepper, watermelon, green bean and head cabbage are among the major vegetable crops widely produced for national and local markets. Okra, cucurbit and sweet melon are also c...

Background Enhancing the ability to utilize fatty acids at rest and during exercise is a known important factor for weight loss and endurance performance outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the acute effect of a multiingredient supplement (Shred-Matrix), containing green tea extract, yerba mate, guarana seed extract, anhydrous caffeine, saw palmetto, fo-ti, eleuthero root, cayenne ...

Mixed 3.40 2.30 Ham 2.99 1.90 Roasted Beef.. 4.00 2.10 Turkey Breast. 3.20 2.05 Bacon Turkey.. 3.50 2.00 BLTCIuh. 2.99 1.90 Genoa Salami.. 3.00 2.00 Italian Combo Cappicola Genoa Provolone Pepperoni 3.40 2.10 PepperonL_. 2.99 1.90 Cheese Provolone 3.00 1.90 Vegetarian 2.10 1.35 Hot Meatball w/Mozi._2.90 Hot Veal & Pepper w/M ozz 3.50 Italian Sausage 3.20 Steak Cheese 3.00 Steak Mushroom 3.10 St...

In this study, we examined the antimutagenicity of red pepper seed and red pepper pericarp ethanol extracts using the standard Ames test in the presence and absence of S9 mix. The extracts showed inhibitory effects on both the TA98 and TA100 Salmenella Typhimurium strains against the mutagenic activity of promutagen 2-aminoa nthracene, and were also protective against the directly acting mutage...

A hydroponic co-culture system was adopted to determine the allelopathic potential of garlic on the growth of pepper plants. Different numbers of garlic plants (0, 2, 4, 8 and 12) were hydroponically co-cultured with two pepper plants to investigate allelopathic effects on the growth attributes and antioxidative defense system of the test pepper plants. The responses of the pepper plants depend...

Anther culture is a relatively easy and high-efficiency technique; however, low efficiency in plant regeneration may restrict its use crop breeding. Activated charcoal often used vitro culture, it ameliorate or hinder growth depending on genotype tissue used. Pepper one of the main vegetable crops Solanaceae family, but some pepper genotypes are known to be recalcitrant androgenesis formation h...